Israeli military says it carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon

Israeli military on Thursday said it had carried out an air strike near the southern towns of Toura and Aabbasiyyeh, in southern Lebanon’s Tyre area.

Israeli forces will “continue to operate in order to remove any threat to the territory of the state of Israel,” said the military in a statement.

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported two Israeli air strikes, both located in the Tyre district, without listing any casualties. 

On 30 October, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun instructed the commander of the army to "confront any Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon", after Israeli forces crossed the border, entered a municipal building in the southern town of Blida and killed an employee. 

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the incident, calling it “a blatant attack on the institutions and sovereignty of the Lebanese state”.